[hr][right][sub][u]Spartan Division Phase 5 belt training facility
1st Lieutenant Erik Besavon[/u][/sub][/right][hr]
In front of him, the last warrant officer had just finished her speech thanking her regiment and doing the usual spiel about how they had been the greatest new regiment she had seen ever leaving her Phase 1 INDOC the kids standing in formation on the courtyard were the 195th - 201st regiments they had just finished the 11-month post maturity service training. He had been going through his speech all night and the night before that he had barely gotten any sleep this week, this was his first speech as a 1st Lieutenant and he wanted to make sure that it was good. As Warrant Officer Krin walked back towards him followed by a victory shout by the soldiers he stood up and checked his flashcards one last time.

He approached the podium flanked by two intelligence officers controlling one camera drone and one interceptor drone, as he stood upon the podium three Ares units flanked by their support squads landed in front of the podium almost close enough for him to touch the Ares units head The Ares fire a barrage into the air to make sure that he has the full attention of the soldiers.

[color=ed1c24]"At ease soldiers, you have done very well but don't think that it's easy from here on. When you get off this desolate rock and deploy on your assigned stellar body you will have to fight for your life against insurgents who believe that you are there to oppress them. They will scream at you when you shoot an armed man and they won't praise you when you risk your life running towards a terrorist. But just know that we are very proud of you and will take care of you if you get yourself hurt in the line of duty because that's what family does"[/color] He takes a pause straightening himself to look more presentable. [color=ed1c24]"Before us lies the belt, in us marches the belt and behind us the belt will follow. The SolSec propaganda machine maintains that the belters have lost faith in us but from what I can see since the incursions by Mercurians we have seen more and more belters join our cause"[/color] He stands down and signals for the band to start playing as the courtyard erupts in victory shouts and the soldiers throw their graduation berets into the air.